Reply #24: I think that a US Senator has to give a President

[paulk]

the benefit of the doubt... in matters of foreign policy and national security, which are, under the separation of powers, the bailiwick of the executive branch. I'm not convinced that a Senator should put personal conviction ahead of national security, just on the off chance that the President is trying to lie the nation into a war.

When a President does lie the nation into a war, the blame should fall on him.

I truly don't understand this blaming of others (and not just HRC) for what Bush did with the authority they gave him, especially when that authority was granted under false pretenses.